The median home in Newton Aycliffe sells for £140,000
That is the middle of 835 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 3.5 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
38% of Newton Aycliffe’s sales are terraced houses
835 homes sold in three years: 265 detached houses, 246 semi-detached houses, 314 terraced houses and 10 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.7 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£230K
median sale · 265 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£186K–£275K
Last 12 months
£230K76 sold
Semi-detached houses£140K
median sale · 246 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£116K–£165K
Last 12 months
£145K69 sold
Terraced houses£95K
median sale · 314 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£75K–£122K
Last 12 months
£110K67 sold
Flats and maisonettes£63K
median sale · 10 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£55K–£67K
Last 12 months
£55K5 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 38% of sales
Detached houses32%
Semi-detached houses29%
Terraced houses38%
Flats and maisonettes1%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Newton Aycliffe’s homes sold for between £100K and £190K
One sale in ten was under £74K and one in ten over £260K. 88% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £140,000, sits in the £100–150K band
835 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.5 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £44,000 in 1995 to £152,000 in the last 12 months (£127,975 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
217 sales in the last 12 months, against 663 in 2003, the busiest year, and 195 in 2010. Sales fell by 64% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 30% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Newton Aycliffe costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Newton Aycliffe, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Terraced houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£73K
£80K
£160K
£185K
£165K
£185K
£230K
Semi-detached houses
£43K
£48K
£99K
£104K
£115K
£123K
£145K
Terraced houses
£32K
£35K
£75K
£75K
£80K
£85K
£110K
Flats and maisonettes
£34K
—
£61K
—
—
—
£55K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
1,409 new homes have been sold in Newton Aycliffe since 1995; the share peaked at 35% in 1998.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
2% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.6% sold leasehold in Newton Aycliffe. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Honister Place is Newton Aycliffe’s busiest street, with 11 sales in three years
51 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Honister Place
DL5
11
£62,200
Mostly terraced houses
2
Eade Close
DL5
10
£236,500
Mostly detached houses
3
Washington Crescent
DL5
10
£134,000
Mostly terraced houses
4
Heatherburn Court
DL5
10
£125,000
Mixed
5
Bewick Crescent
DL5
10
£97,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Oakfield
DL5
10
£95,500
Mostly terraced houses
7
Westmorland Way
DL5
9
£200,000
Mostly detached houses
8
The Pasture
DL5
9
£183,000
Mixed
9
Bluestone Close
DL5
9
£170,000
Mixed
10
Pemberton Road
DL5
9
£157,000
Mostly detached houses
11
Bluebell Meadow
DL5
9
£121,500
Mostly semi-detached houses
12
The Swale
DL5
8
£202,500
Mostly detached houses
13
Annand Way
DL5
8
£200,250
Mostly detached houses
14
Pinewood Close
DL5
8
£161,000
Mixed
15
Wellhouse Road
DL5
8
£155,500
Mixed
Dearest streets
High Green: £555,000
Newton Aycliffe median£140K
High Green£555K
The Grange£345K
Ryder Court£334K
Karles Close£325K
Haslewood Road£305K
Cheapest streets
Honister Place: £62,200
Newton Aycliffe median£140K
Honister Place£62K
Guthrum Place£68K
Eskdale Place£70K
Biscop Crescent£79K
Elmfield Place£88K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 8.9 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across County Durham
Newton Aycliffe is the 27th most expensive of 52 towns in County Durham
Newton Aycliffe is in the middle of County Durham’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Newton Aycliffe
What is the average house price in Newton Aycliffe?
The median home in Newton Aycliffe sold for £140,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 835 standard sales (£152,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £230,000, semi-detached houses £140,000, terraced houses £95,000 and flats and maisonettes £62,500.
Are house prices going up in Newton Aycliffe?
The median was £145,000 in 2025, up 12% on 2024 (£130,000), and £152,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Newton Aycliffe each year?
217 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 322 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Newton Aycliffe?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: High Green (DL5, £555,000), The Grange (DL5, £345,000) and Ryder Court (DL5, £333,500).
Is Newton Aycliffe expensive for County Durham?
Newton Aycliffe is the 26th most expensive of 52 towns of 2,500 or more in County Durham by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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